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Elisabeth and John Brett, 1947

John Brett and his wife in the forest in 1947; John is wearing a beret and holding a climbing rope.

Source:

Claude Lavallée collection

Elizabeth and John Brett at the foot of the rock walls in Val-David in 1947.

Supported by keen athletes like Helen Trenholm, Margaret Finley, his sister Madeleine Brett and wife Elizabeth, John Brett founded the Montreal section of the Alpine Club of Canada in 1941.